Kyoka Suigetsu hummed with delight deep within his soul, like parched earth welcoming rain.
The once-blurred patterns of deeper laws within the blade began to sharpen, evolving toward a more perfect form.
The Hōgyoku truly lived up to its reputation.
Even a fragment possessed the terrifying potential to propel life and abilities into a higher dimension.
"Kyoka Suigetsu is just too versatile."
Thinking of Senbonzakura, which was still gathering dust, Uchiha Ryūha could not help but sigh.
Still, looking cool was a lifelong pursuit.
He would find a chance to use Senbonzakura eventually.
Meanwhile.
"Thank you, Lord Liuyu!" Nagato dropped to one knee, his voice trembling with restrained excitement.
He could truly feel the possibility of growing stronger-a visible path forward.
Konan knelt as well. Though her eyes held complicated emotions, she too could feel the changes within herself.
"Get up." Uchiha Ryūha waved a hand.
"Power is a tool. How you use it is up to you.
Remember the choice you made today. Remember the will of Las Noches."
He walked toward the center of the command room, where Haschwalth had already set up a small reishi-conducting array.
"One last 'gift.'" Liuyu placed the construction token for the system reward, "Special Structure: Las Noches Forest of Menos," into the array's core.
The token shattered into countless dark green motes of light, which seeped into the floor and vanished.
At the same time, Uchiha Ryūha sensed something roughly three hundred meters beneath Amegakure Tower.
An enormous "demiplane," partially overlapping with the space of the World of the Living, had opened up.
Dense reishi from Hueco Mundo filled it, and pale, twisted trees grew within.
White gravel covered the ground, and the sky remained eternally dim-a miniature Forest of Menos.
Through the system panel, he could control this Forest of Menos,